Ecuador: earthquakes of magnitude 4.9 and 4.8 leave slight damage on the border with Colombia

Earthquakes of magnitudes of up to 4.9 and 4.8 shook this Monday a sector of the border of Ecuador with Colombia within a period of 15 minutes and caused slight damage to homes and public infrastructure, according to authorities.

He Geophysical Institute (IG) of the National Polytechnic School reported that the first earthquake, of magnitude 4.9, was registered at 10:17 local time (15:17 GMT) and its epicenter was located 33.61 kilometers east of the city of Saint Gabrielin the northern Andean province of Carchiin the border Colombiaoriginated at a depth of 22 kilometers.

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A second telluric movement, of magnitude 4.8, was recorded at 10:32 local time (15:32 GMT), with an epicenter located at some 32 kilometers east of San Gabriel and at a depth of 22 kilometers, also towards the capital Quitolocated about 150 kilometers as the crow flies.

On your side, the National Risk Management Secretariat (SNGR) explained that after the first of the tremors, at least four aftershocks were recorded in the same area, one of them with a magnitude of 4.8 and at a depth of 21.7 kilometers.

The earthquakes were felt in the Andean provinces of Carchi, Imbabura It is Pichinchaas well as in the Amazon napo, Orellana It is succumball located in the north of the country.

The Secretariat specified that damage was reported in the provinces of Carchi and neighboring Sucumbíos.

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Furthermore, he indicated that two health centers in Carchi suffered cracks in the walls, as well as a house and the municipal palace of a city in the province of Sucumbíos.

Ecuador and Colombia are located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Firea ring that covers both sides of this ocean and concentrates 85% of global seismic activity.

Source: Elcomercio

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